Market Currents

• Monday, October 26, 2009

• 10:55 AM HealthSouth (HLS) plans to reimburse activist shareholders' expenses for mounting a successful dissident campaign for the board - a first among big U.S. businesses. The move is a win for investors seeking boardroom clout; costs for outsider candidates can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Comment!

• Tuesday, August 4, 2009

• 17:16 PM HealthSouth (HLS): Q2 EPS of $0.39 beats by $0.15. Revenue of $484M (+6%) vs. $472M. Raises full-year EPS guidance to $1.15-1.25 from $0.85-0.90 vs. $1.05. Shares +3.5% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: ACAS, AUY, BID, BMC, BRE, CAR, CBL, CEDC, CEPH, CTRP, ERTS, FRT, HLS, JLL, KFT, PL, PXD, SOLR, TSRA, UDR, UNM, VCLK, WFMI, XCO 1 Comment

• Friday, June 19, 2009

• 09:07 AM A judge orders Richard Scrushy, former chairman and CEO of HealthSouth (HLS), to pay $2.88B in damages for helping to artificially inflate HealthSouth's earnings for at least six years. The judgment appears to be the largest financial penalty ever levied against a single executive. 2 Comments

• Monday, May 4, 2009

• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Monday's close: AFG, CHK, CRK, DHI, EOG, EXR, FST, HCN, HLS, HOLX, MCK, MYGN, PFG, PPS, QGEN, SBAC, SM, TXRH, VMC Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday's close: AFG, CHK, CRK, DHI, EOG, EXR, FST, HCN, HLS, HOLX, MCK, MYGN, PFG, PPS, QGEN, SBAC, SM, TXRH, VMC Comment!